Singing Along the Journey

formation

Preparing the way…part the first

I am deep into my preparations.  I have been deep into my preparations for a while now...I made a lot of unusual (at least for me) choices about how to pass these months so that I would be free to devote myself to this time of preparation. I am, as always, working on my sense of intentionality.   I am aware of change ahead, even if I do not understand its shape or direction. And you ask, what are you doing to prepare?  What is taking all this focus, all this time...what caused you to stay home during this last month of summer?  Hours spent in prayer, reading?  Yoga, meditation, personal…
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Let the adventure begin…

This is the very first post in a brand new writing adventure...a new writing adventure about a new living and learning adventure that begins for me on August 8, 2012. You see, I am finally going to seminary. It is an adventure that has been a long time coming.  A very long time.  Perhaps we would have to say that it is an adventure that began the first time I made my mother explain to me why I, an eight-year-old Presbyterian, could not take holy orders and become a nun.  The question and the call showed itself several times in my life, but I never had the strength or the…
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And the question stays forever the same…

I am fascinated by this simple fact:  no matter what I am reading, no matter what I am studying, no matter what paper I am writing, the question, ultimately, stays the same.  And that question?  What kind of disciple are you called to be and how, on your own journey? Can you be of help in the formation of those who choose to walk along beside you, and if yes, how? Everything, always, comes down to the question of discipleship and formation, at least, for me. Today's task is to complete one of two blog posts for my independent study course about technology and faith.  The paragraphs which follow share…
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Preparing the way…part the first

I am deep into my preparations.  I have been deep into my preparations for a while now...I made a lot of unusual (at least for me) choices about how to pass these months so that I would be free to devote myself to this time of preparation. I am, as always, working on my sense of intentionality.   I am aware of change ahead, even if I do not understand its shape or direction. And you ask, what are you doing to prepare?  What is taking all this focus, all this time...what caused you to stay home during this last month of summer?  Hours spent in prayer, reading?  Yoga, meditation, personal…
Read More

Let the adventure begin…

This is the very first post in a brand new writing adventure...a new writing adventure about a new living and learning adventure that begins for me on August 8, 2012. You see, I am finally going to seminary. It is an adventure that has been a long time coming.  A very long time.  Perhaps we would have to say that it is an adventure that began the first time I made my mother explain to me why I, an eight-year-old Presbyterian, could not take holy orders and become a nun.  The question and the call showed itself several times in my life, but I never had the strength or the…
Read More

And the question stays forever the same…

I am fascinated by this simple fact:  no matter what I am reading, no matter what I am studying, no matter what paper I am writing, the question, ultimately, stays the same.  And that question?  What kind of disciple are you called to be and how, on your own journey? Can you be of help in the formation of those who choose to walk along beside you, and if yes, how? Everything, always, comes down to the question of discipleship and formation, at least, for me. Today's task is to complete one of two blog posts for my independent study course about technology and faith.  The paragraphs which follow share…
Read More

Preparing the way…part the first

I am deep into my preparations.  I have been deep into my preparations for a while now...I made a lot of unusual (at least for me) choices about how to pass these months so that I would be free to devote myself to this time of preparation. I am, as always, working on my sense of intentionality.   I am aware of change ahead, even if I do not understand its shape or direction. And you ask, what are you doing to prepare?  What is taking all this focus, all this time...what caused you to stay home during this last month of summer?  Hours spent in prayer, reading?  Yoga, meditation, personal…
Read More

Let the adventure begin…

This is the very first post in a brand new writing adventure...a new writing adventure about a new living and learning adventure that begins for me on August 8, 2012. You see, I am finally going to seminary. It is an adventure that has been a long time coming.  A very long time.  Perhaps we would have to say that it is an adventure that began the first time I made my mother explain to me why I, an eight-year-old Presbyterian, could not take holy orders and become a nun.  The question and the call showed itself several times in my life, but I never had the strength or the…
Read More

And the question stays forever the same…

I am fascinated by this simple fact:  no matter what I am reading, no matter what I am studying, no matter what paper I am writing, the question, ultimately, stays the same.  And that question?  What kind of disciple are you called to be and how, on your own journey? Can you be of help in the formation of those who choose to walk along beside you, and if yes, how? Everything, always, comes down to the question of discipleship and formation, at least, for me. Today's task is to complete one of two blog posts for my independent study course about technology and faith.  The paragraphs which follow share…
Read More